Chief Thunder revealed (Killer Instinct)

Great design.

Now where the fuck is Orchid.
 
Chief Thunder is probably the most tolerant of a radical redesign because it still fits his character. I'm still if-y on Jago and I don't like Glacius at all.
 
He looks more like Street Fighter's T. Hawk than his original design. I don't mind it, but his head looks kind of plain without anything on it.

Might as well slap a dead crow on it. There's plenty of references on them judging from the images we've seen and Johnny Depp looked pretty "Bad Ass" with it in the Lone Ranger movie!!
 
By far the best of the bunch we have seen. Very fitting of his character, while being "modernized" for 2014. Kinda Night Wolf-ish, but I dig it. Better than Jago, Saberwolf, Glacius for sure.
 
zainetor said:
fine by me, but comparing this, to games like tekken revolution is wrong. This is f2p done right.

yeah, I asked because i thought he was implying that. For me its not a problem, it's a plus actually. People usually try o downplay the game just because of the f2p aspect.
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LeMaximilian said:
Pretty much. The term 'F2P' can connotate a degradation in quality, especially with modern mobile gaming. I think most prefer to call it an expanded demo.
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oneida said:
Jargon. People hear "F2P fighter" and they hear "pay to win". Really this IS a glorified demo - certain options are restricted, you pay once and you have the game. The only difference between "F2P KI" and the VF5FS demo on XBLA is the VF5FS restricts you to offline vs and only 3 or 4 characters.
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LOL, so you guys were having an issue with me saying it has a F2P option because you thought it was somehow being said as a negative. Whereas I was insistent on saying that it has an F2P option on the basis that it was actually a positive.

Too funny.
 
farisr said:
LOL, so you guys were having an issue with me saying it has a F2P option because you thought it was somehow being said as a negative. Whereas I was insistent on saying that it has an F2P option on the basis that it was actually a positive.

Too funny.
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Again, look at Tekken Revolution. F2P refers to a specific model, which KI does not resemble. It's "free to play" just like a demo is "free to play", but it's not Tekken Revolution.
 
Character Design wise he reminds me a bit of Alex, I guess play style he resembles him a bit as well, even has the stomp.
 
farisr said:
LOL, so you guys were having an issue with me saying it has a F2P option because you thought it was somehow being said as a negative. Whereas I was insistent on saying that it has an F2P option on the basis that it was actually a positive.

Too funny.
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Innnnnnnnnternet lol
 
oneida said:
Again, look at Tekken Revolution. F2P refers to a specific model, which KI does not resemble. It's "free to play" just like a demo is "free to play", but it's not Tekken Revolution.
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Again, there are different models of Free to Play. Just because it is not like Tekken Revolution does not mean you can say that it does not have a Free To Play model.

I haven't seen a demo for a fighting game yet that allows you to do all these things:

completely access all modes of a game with one character (including arcade and view the charaacter's ending/story), play online against people who have the full game, and choose to enhance it by buying however many character out of the cast as you want.

It has a Free To Play option. Period. And again, it's a positive. Not implying negativity.

Unless of course you yourself have some sort of prejudice against F2P games and automatically think they're of lower quality due to having a F2P nature.
 
Thunder's design is way better than what they came up with for Jago, Sabrewulf and Glacius. I think they should've kept the mohawk though. Right now he looks way too similar to Nightwolf.
 
Blueblur1 said:
Thunder's design is way better than what they came up with for Jago, Sabrewulf and Glacius. I think they should've kept the mohawk though. Right now he looks way too similar to Nightwolf.
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yeaaaah, i disagree. i think he looks ok. he does look like nightwolf - but in what universe does nightwolf have a good design? for the record, i think glacious looks fucking incredible, saberwulf great (but could use better fur tech), and jago good (aside from the hair). i'd put thunder behind the pack of characters revealed thus far.
 
First redesign that seems to respect the spirit of the character. Not feeling the fact he is a grappler, but at least that is what id expect a chief thunder in 2013 to look like.
 
Of all games that is going to make me want an xbone, its fucking killer instinct. The one thing that could save me is a really small cast, or limited depth.

I definitely look forward to Evo picking this one up though next year.
 
For some reason I'm finding his victory animation where he simply walks on by as if nothing significant happened to be incredibly badass.
 
Before I played it at E3, I had zero hype for a Killer Instinct game. Was even perplexed that people even wanted it after all these years. I'm definitely a believer now though, lol
 
kunonabi said:
easily the best design so far and leagues ahead of the shit they pulled with glacius. he seems well-thought out all-around.

as far orchid goes i just hope she's asian again.
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Eh? I thought she was confirmed as being mixed(black and white)? Was she asian? I thought that was Kim Wu?

This game looks good by the way.
 
I can't be more excited than I am right now about this game! First of all I really like the redesign but I am more excited about his play style change. I can see myself playing him like how I play M Bison, with his Sammamish replacing bison's headstomp, thunder's triplax replacing bison's scissor kick, and the leg chop replacing bison's slide. Not to mention the grab which reminds me of kabal's (my main from MK).

Rhazer Fusion said:
Eh? I thought she was confirmed as being mixed(black and white)? Was she asian? I thought that was Kim Wu?

This game looks good by the way.
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Pretty sure is is mixed black asian, since her brother jago is asian.
 
I still find it funny that practically every fighter from the 90's had to have a native-american character (and a boxer one for that matter). Never been a fan of Chief Thunder or T. Hawk (Nightwolf rules, though!). This new Chief Thunder doesn't please me too much either, I don't see what's so good about his design.

I'm excited to see what they do with Spinal. A pirate skeleton has got to be the coolest 90's shit ever.
 
Satchel said:
I'm expecting Fulgore to look fantastic if these designs are any indication.
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Me too. The more I watch the character in motion, the more I like how Thunder's design came together. Great update to the original, pays homage without being cheesy.
 
I will not buy an Xbone just for this game! I won't! You may have stolen my mind and my body, but there's one thing a Sayian always KEEPS!!! HIS...

oh...-_-

got carried away...

No MS!! I won't do it! PS4/PC version later in life plz...Orchid, Cinder, TJ combo, Fulgore!!! FULGORE!! Man....art direction is just so nostalgic...

But I have to be strong!
 
Omnistalgic said:
I will not buy an Xbone just for this game! I won't! You may have stolen my mind and my body, but there's one thing a Sayian always KEEPS!!! HIS...

oh...-_-

got carried away...

No MS!! I won't do it! PS4/PC version later in life plz...Orchid, Cinder, TJ combo, Fulgore!!! FULGORE!! Man....art direction is just so nostalgic...

But I have to be strong!
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better chance of halo dropping on ps4...
 
Jadedx said:
I can't be more excited than I am right now about this game! First of all I really like the redesign but I am more excited about his play style change. I can see myself playing him like how I play M Bison, with his Sammamish replacing bison's headstomp, thunder's triplax replacing bison's scissor kick, and the leg chop replacing bison's slide. Not to mention the grab which reminds me of kabal's (my main from MK).


Pretty sure is is mixed black asian, since her brother jago is asian.
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Ahh..I played KI for years and I never knew that. I always wondered how Jago was her brother.
 
while i never liked the character, i'm interested to see what 2013 KI cinder will look and play like. i imagine, like glacious, he'll look different - but mostly i'm dying to see what effects they'll have for a man made of fire!
 
Reading through the comments in this thread made me think about all the fighting games that I have played throughout my life because there are so many here that like some of the new character designs over others and some that hate others and love just one. It made me remember that some of the best fighting games that I have played and absolutely enjoyed have had characters that I totally couldn't stand but others that I just couldn't live without. I love that.

There is nothing like going up against a friend who thinks the best character is one you can't stand (or vice versa) and kicking his butt.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I realized that it's ok to not like some or even many of the characters as long as there is that one that you totally click with.

It was Cinder for me last time so we will see this time.

Oh, and I NEVER thought I would like the redesign of Chief Thunder as much as I do. Holy Crap!
 
op_ivy said:
while i never liked the character, i'm interested to see what 2013 KI cinder will look and play like. i imagine, like glacious, he'll look different - but mostly i'm dying to see what effects they'll have for a man made of fire!
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You know he is destined to have a Lava stage at least. I hope every step he takes burns the ground and just for visual effect every ender at least leaves the person in flames.
 
I really wonder how difficult it must be trying to make everyone new gameplay wise to differentiate (due to how similar everyone played in KI) but yet keep some things the same.

I'd probably lose my mind lol

Orchid and fulgore are going to be a nightmare... The others they can get away with messing up a bit
 
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